Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-12-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

otAer Jay Dy the attorney Tor Robert Craw-
ford, a colored resident of Fort Scott. to
compel the board of education of the city
OF Fort Scott and d. Bemis, superintend-
emit OF the public schools of that city, to ad-
NIT Buford Crawford, a son of the petl-
toner, as a pupil of the Wilson street
school The writ was granted by Judge
Valentine, returnable December 10.
LATE post-otfice changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Eatonville, Cowey County, VIII
liam M. Smith, postmaster; Idenbro, La
bette County, Thomas T Iden. postmaster.
Named changed, Leny, Sumner County, to
Milton Discontinued, Belfast, Gray
County; Bro 'klyn, Barton County; Lone
Walnut, Lincoln County; Prosper, Ellis
worth County; Sweet Home, Smith
County.
THE striking miners of the Leayenworth
Coal Company roJurned to work the other
morning, the company having granted the
raise asked for, and also allowing the men
10 have a check weigher. The men gained
all they sought, and the company seemed
willing to grant it.
THE annual report of the Southern Kan
sas Railway Company was filed recently
with the State Board of Railroad Commits
sioners. The total earnings for the year
are shown to have been 81 367 90 IS; the
operating expenses were 81. 81, Bile The
construction account for the year amounted
to a, US. 500 49,
PENSIONS were allowed the following
Kansans on the 18th: James II. Dole, OF
Emporia; Charles A. Stine, OF Douglas;
Jehial R. Smith, of Kirwin; Robert N.
Farnsworth, of Winfield; Andrew J. Man
ly, of Dodge City; David NJ. Howell, of
Mulvane; Charles Carman, of Rock James
II. Lawson, of Elgin; Robert White, of
Huron; Dennis Kenny, of Independence;
Hugh c. Vandever, of Oxford; Napoleon B.
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Burlington.
A SAD accident was recently reported
from the vicinity OF Scott City. 1t was that
a two-year-old child of T. L. Hithmeyer,
living near that town, fell into a well tube
which Is ITO feet deep. For eighty feet the
pipe is one foot in diameter, and then 1t
contracts to eight inches. The child slid
down eighty feet and lodged. The neigh
bors were notified, but were not successful
in recovering the child by fishing. They
commenced digging down along the tube,
and it would take at least twenty-four
hours for willing and Industrious hands to
reach the imprisoned little sufferer, whose
cries could be plainly heard.
PRAIRIE fires have done considerable
damage in Kearney County recently. One
farmer had lbs tons of hay and 100 acres of
pasture destroyed and another lost 300 tons
of hay.
will meet in Representative Hall, Topeka,
December Is and IA, to make plans for the
campaign of 1888.
A LATE fire at Topeka badly damaged the
residence of Councilman Lall. The house
cost Sc, 900 and there was an insurance of
g, 600 on the property.
THERE are IS Lutheran church orgauiza-
tions in Kansas, with an aggregate mem
bership of 2,0S3
Kan, Armstrong and ArmourIale have OF
of free mail delivery. Wyandotte proper
has free mail delivery, but not so with the
other members of the consolidated city.
The trou BILE seems to be over the change of
name by which the new city became Kan
sas City. Kan. Wyandotte, Armstrong and
Arpourdale each has post-office and old
Kansas Cay is supplied from Kansas Oily,
Mo. By this means the new city of Kansas
City, Kan, is supplied with mail from
four different post-ofiees. The postal au-
thorities have finally taken hold of the
matter.
Mrs. ]. w. MURPHY, in recently lighting
her gasoline stove at her home in Arkan-
sas City, turned on too much gasoline and
when she touched match to the burner
an explosion took place. The flames caught
her dress and before assistance reached
her she was badly burned.
FIRE in Vogel Bros.'s box factory at
the other night resulted in
to the stock OF about 81, 900 and on
the building of 81. O0O. Partial insurance
on the stock; full insurance on the build
ing.
OK the evening of the Goth Messrs.
O'Connor and Esmond, members OF the
British Parliament. addressed a large audi
ence at Topeka in behalf of home rule in
Ireland. A large sum was subscribed for
the relief fund.
THE suit of ]. 3. Watkins against tie
National Bank OF Lawre nee for an injuns-
tion restraining the bank from loaning
money to the Western Farm Mortgage
Company was withdrawn by plaintiff when
it came up for trial in the district court OF
Douglas County the other day.
A SINGULAR problem has arisen in the
district court of Wyandotte County. The
num ber OF jurymen required
in the train-wrecLser cases exhausted tie
entire list of nine hundred regular jurors
whose names were placed in the jury box
at the beginning of the year. The result
IS that the box IS empty, and two terms OF
;ourt must sit before another list can be
prepared. This is the first time in the his
tory of the State that the jury list OF any
district court has been exhausted, and the
question presented was, how might law
III jury be impaneled!
AT the late Irish home rule meeting at
Leavenworth addressed by O'ConDor and
Esmonde. members OF Parliament, Il collec-
ton realized 81, 600
DANFoRD, the well-known Kansas bank
wrecker. is said to be plying his vocation
in several other States He is reported TO
be worth $3.50 900, all the profits OF his pc
culiar method of banking.
A MAN who claimed to be heavy owner
of Kansas City real estate was recently
fined in the Leavenworth police court Tor
THE dog census of Shawnee County shows
the canine population to be 1885, OF these
1 ,222 yelp in the city of Topeka
PATENTS recently issued TO Kansas in
Cable grip, Leon D. Libbey, of
signal for telephone instru-